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Healthy lifestyle, attitude help resilient seniors stay on track
Orville Rogers can make it twice around Coppell High School's track in a little over four minutes. That's a respectable time for many of the teens who attend the Dallas school. For Rogers' peer group, it's remarkable.
Rogers, 91, ran at Coppell last summer in the Texas Masters Championships outdoor track meet. The nonagenarian holds the world indoor record in his age group (90 to 94) for the mile () and the meters ().
"It is quite satisfying to be a world champion. No one comes close in my age group," the Dallas-area native says. He's quick to add that it could be because there aren't many runners in his age range.
Rogers began competing in and keeps in shape by eating healthy foods, running 10 to 14 miles a week and weightlifting.
Rogers is a certain type of senior who intrigues aging experts: a person who has not only lived a long time but has done so with vivacity. Unlike many seniors in nursing homes, he is instead padding around a track on any given day and is active in his church, and he is a great-grandfather who joins his extended family for annual cruises.
Attitude counts
Numerous studies aim to decipher how much genetics play a role in resilient aging as well as
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Cosmetic surgeries: What children will do to look &#;normal&#;
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By Mary Brophy Marcus, USA TODAY
A decade or two ago, life was simpler for teens who didn&#;t like their looks. Girls pushed socks under their sweaters, and awkward, acne-faced boys hid behind shaggy bangs. And for better or worse, kids grew out of or adapted to their bodies. These days, more youngsters are altering the body parts that give them angst by going under the knife or laser or lipo tube to get the look they want.
Kate Deleveileuse, 21, had 7 pounds of fat
removed in a liposuction procedure on her calves
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According to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, , children 18 and under had cosmetic interventions in The figure was even higher in , tallying ,, but industry experts say a slowing economy probably forced the numbers down in In , the number was just ,
Those under 18 who opt for such procedures are not only children with cleft palates or disfiguring birthmarks. Some children are having more controversial procedures, such as &#;Asian eye&#; surgery to widen the appearance of eyes in people of Asian descent. But for the most part, these are otherwise healthy kids looking to improve an awkward but functional feature, such as a large nose or small breast
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